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He commanded that she should be brought in where his silver vessels were set, and asked that his servants should prepare some of his own delicacies for her, and that she should drink from his own wine. And Judith said, “I can’t eat of it, lest there be an occasion of stumbling; but provision will be made for me from the things that have come with me.” And Holofernes said to her, “But if the things that are with you should run out, from where will we be able to give you more like it? For there is none of your race with us.” And Judith said to him, “As your soul lives, my lord, your servant will not use up those things that are with me until the Lord works by my hand the things that he has determined.” Then Holofernes’ servants brought her into the tent, and she slept until midnight. Then she rose up toward the morning watch, and sent to Holofernes, saying, “Let my lord now command that they allow your servant to go out to pray.” Holofernes commanded his guards that they should not stop her. She stayed in the camp three days, and went out every night into the valley of Bethulia and washed herself at the fountain of water in the camp. And when she came up, she implored the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the triumph of the children of his people. She came in clean and remained in the tent until she ate her food toward evening. It came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a feast for his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet. And he said to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, “Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman who is with you that she come to us, and eat and drink with us. For behold, it would be a disgrace if we shall let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we don’t draw her to ourselves, she will laugh us to scorn.” Bagoas went from the presence of Holofernes, and came in to her, and said, “Let this fair lady not fear to come to my lord, and to be honored in his presence, and to drink wine and be merry with us, and to be made this day as one of the daughters of the children of Asshur who serve in Nebuchadnezzar’s palace.” Judith said to him, “Who am I, that I should contradict my lord? For whatever would be pleasing in his eyes, I will do speedily, and this will be my joy to the day of my death.” She arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her woman’s attire; and her servant went and laid fleeces on the ground for her next to Holofernes, which she had received from Bagoas for her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them. Judith came in and sat down, and Holofernes’ heart was ravished with her. His passion was aroused, and he exceedingly desired her company. He was watching for a time to deceive her from the day that he had seen her. Holofernes said to her, “Drink now, and be merry with us.” Judith said, “I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.” Then she took and ate and drank before him what her servant had prepared. Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank exceedingly much wine, more than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.
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注释 · Haydock（1859，公有领域）14 条注释
注释为英文 George Leo Haydock 神父的 19 世纪天主教注释，按原版呈现。
这些注释保留了其时代的论争：有些对犹太民族或其他基督徒措辞严厉。今天教会的训导并非如此：不可把基督之死归咎于犹太民族（《教会对非基督宗教态度宣言》4；《天主教教理》597–598），其他团体的基督徒是我们在主内的弟兄姊妹（《大公主义法令》3）。 基督徒合一
友弟德传 12:1
Ver. 1. And bade. Gr. "and ordered a bed (or table) to be prepared for her, to eat of his own meat, and drink of his wine," (H.) that her beauty might be enhanced, (Dan. i.) and to honour her. M.
↑ 1友弟德传 12:2
Ver. 2. Upon me, as these meats had been offered to idols; (W.) or she might fear they had, and wished to avoid all scandal. 2 Mac. vi. 21. Tob. i. 12. C.
↑ 2友弟德传 12:3
Ver. 3. Thee. Gr. adds, "for there is none of thy race."
↑ 3友弟德传 12:4
Ver. 4. Which I. Gr. "he." --- Which. Gr. "and she slept till midnight and she arose at the morning watch." H. --- The mode of counting by hours prevailed after the captivity. C.
↑ 4友弟德传 12:5
Ver. 5. And. Gr. "and she sent to Holofernes, saying: May my lord please to order that thy handmaid may go out to pray. And," &c. v. 6. H. --- She had prepared him to grant this request before: but out of civility, and that he may have greater confidence in her, she asks again. The choice of a retired place for prayer is very commendable, but she made choice of the fields, that she might go out of the camp afterwards without being suspected. C.
↑ 5友弟德传 12:6
Ver. 6. Chamberlains. Gr. "life-guards, not to hinder her; and she remained in the camp three days." H.
↑ 6友弟德传 12:7
Ver. 7. Water. Gr. "in the camp;" perhaps she washed only her hands and face.
C.
↑ 7友弟德传 12:9
Ver. 9. Pure, from forbidden food. W. --- Evening. Thus she continued to fast, to draw down the blessing of God. C.
↑ 9友弟德传 12:10
Ver. 10. Servants. Gr. adds, "only, and he did not call any of those whom he usually employed,"
(H.) that they might not witness his excesses. Vagao, or Bagoas, the Persian name for an
"eunuch," or chief officer; though such were generally to wait on the ladies.
Quem penes est Dominam servandi cura Bagoæ. Ovid, Amor. ii.
--- Eunuch. Gr. and Syr. add, "who was appointed over all his affairs. Persuade the Hebrew woman who is with thee to come to us, and to eat and drink with us. For we deem it shameful to dismiss such a woman, without having commerce with her; and if we do not attract her, she will deride us."
↑ 10友弟德传 12:12
Ver. 12. Merry. This would pave the way for greater liberties. C. --- Gr. adds,
"and to become this day as a daughter of the Assyrians, standing to wait in the house of Nabuchodonosor." He probably alludes to those courtezans (C.) who sung at night, before the palace, &c. Athen. Dip.
xii. 2. The Persians admitted women to their feasts, though they were generally excluded in the East. Est. i. 12. Herod. v. 18.
↑ 12友弟德传 12:14
Ver. 14. Best. Gr. "a boast, or matter of exultation." H. --- This answer seems to shock our delicacy. Did she not understand the meaning of the eunuch, which was sufficiently plain? She only passed a compliment, which always implies a tacit condition, if the thing be practicable and honest: as the words might have two meanings, she was bound in charity to interpret them in the best sense. C.
--- It was surely lawful to be merry. M.
↑ 14友弟德传 12:15
Ver. 15. Garments. Gr. adds, "and all her female ornaments; and her servant came and spread on the ground, before Holofernes, the fleeces which she had received from Bagoas, for her daily use, to eat lying upon them. And coming in, Judith fell prostrate." H. --- The custom of sitting on the ground, upon skins, to eat, is very ancient, (Targum, Est. i.) and is still observed by the Turks.
The kings of Persia let none eat with them at the same table. Heraclides. Athen.
v. 10. --- The character of drunkenness, with which this nation has been branded, seems not unfounded. C.
↑ 15友弟德传 12:16
Ver. 16. Her. Gr. adds, "company; and he had sought an opportunity of deluding her, from the day when he first beheld her." He justly, therefore, fell into the snare which he had laid.
↑ 16友弟德传 12:20
Ver. 20. Life. Gr. adds, "in any one day," (H.) at supper. M.
↑ 20许可: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · 致谢与许可